Super-bantamweight Scott Quigg says he believes a unification showdown with Carl Frampton could happen this summer.

Quigg, the WBA champion, saw Frampton successfully defend his IBF strap against Chris Avalos in Belfast last weekend. Unbeaten Quigg has revealed that talks are already underway regarding a fight that could potentially happen in June or July.

The 26-year-old told Sky Sports News: “I’m very hopeful it will happen. It’s the fight that I want, he wants, and what the British public want.

“If Mayweather versus Pacquaio can be made, I’m sure that me and Carl Frampton can get made. We are in talks now and they are going well. Fingers crossed that the fight can get made.”

Carl Frampton enters the ring (Image: INPHO/Presseye/William Cherry)

Quigg is currently recovering from a hand injury suffered in his last outing in November.

He added that Frampton “boxed very good and beat a very good fighter in Chris Avalos” and that the key to the fight “was patience and Avalos became wreckless and Frampton made him pay”.

He said: “I’ll fight in Belfast, Manchester or London. It doesn’t matter. I’m 100 per cent confident I will get the job done. I know what I have to do.

“After his performance on Saturday night, a lot of people are writing me off. It doesn’t matter. I know what I need to do and I’ll prove a lot of people wrong when that fight gets made.”